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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to obsolete or redundant reporting requirements |
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applicable to state agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 2052, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter E to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER E. OBSOLETE OR REDUNDANT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS |
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Sec. 2052.401. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Executive director" means the executive head of a |
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state agency. The term includes an executive director, |
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commissioner, or executive commissioner as appropriate for the |
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state agency. |
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(2) "State agency" means: |
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(A) a board, commission, department, office, or |
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other agency in the executive branch of state government that was |
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created by the constitution or a statute of the state, including an |
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institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, |
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Education Code; |
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(B) the legislature or a legislative agency; and |
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(C) the supreme court, the court of criminal |
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appeals, a court of appeals, or a state judicial agency. |
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Sec. 2052.402. EXAMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) |
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Not later than August 1, 2012, the executive director of each state |
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agency shall: |
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(1) examine the agency's reporting requirements |
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established by a state statute enacted before January 1, 2009, and |
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not amended since that date, and identify each reporting |
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requirement that the executive director determines: |
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(A) is not necessary to accomplish the objectives |
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of the statute that contains the reporting requirement; |
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(B) is redundant of other statutory reporting |
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requirements; or |
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(C) is required under statute to be provided at a |
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frequency for which data is not available; and |
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(2) provide to the governor, the lieutenant governor, |
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the speaker of the house of representatives, and each member of the |
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senate and house of representatives an electronic report that |
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includes: |
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(A) each statutory reporting requirement for |
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which the executive director made a determination described by |
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Subdivision (1); and |
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(B) the justification for the executive |
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director's determination for each reporting requirement. |
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(b) The executive director may not include in the initial |
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report issued under Subsection (a)(2) a reporting requirement that: |
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(1) is required by federal law; or |
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(2) also applies to another state agency. |
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Sec. 2052.403. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires |
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September 1, 2014. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |